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Williamsport’s Tevin Williams (11) drives round Dallas’ Tyce Mason (2) in the primary quarter.
Williamsport discovered itself neck-and-neck with Dallas, biting via a group with just one loss this season in time beyond regulation. On Tuesday evening in the Magic Dome, Williamsport made it previous Dallas’ sturdy offense and protection to safe an 81-65 win, transferring to 3-3.
The recreation began with equal stress by each side in full court docket man-to-man play till scores reached double digits, with Dallas assembly Williamsport’s sturdy presence at dwelling with tight zoning.
“We knew they were going to come out in a 1-2-2 full court press,” Williamsport coach Allen Taylor stated. “We knew they were going to pack in the zone and try to make us perimeter-oriented, and they were out-hustling us.”
Starter Naziir Lowe and Dallas’ Joey Nocito locked horns early, establishing a quick tempo and driving their groups into tense possessions with Dallas’ Pat Flanagan breaking via with a dunk through the first quarter. By the tip of the primary half, scorers for Williamsport included starter Kason Ulmer, in addition to Mekhi Gaston and Ethan Chilson, the latter serving to to maintain their rating deficit in single digits.
The Millionaires had six gamers finish the sport in double figures with Ethan Chilson main the cost with 19 factors. Quincy Williams and Tevin Williams each scored 14 and Gaston and Kason Ulmer each scored 12. Williamsport additionally obtained a 10-ppint effort from Lowe.
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Williamsport’s Mekhi Gaston (22) pulls down a rebound from Dallas’ Pat Flanagan (10) and Kael Berry (3) in the second quarter.
“We were guarding the screen and the shooter was turning the corner and getting downhill,” Taylor stated. “Eventually, we did a better job of showing them they couldn’t turn the corner and forcing them to make another play.”
Going into the second half, Williamsport trailed 32-23, a nine-point hole which widened to 12, the biggest Dallas would maintain over Williamsport. To shut that hole, Williamsport performed a matchup zone to greatest make use of their strengths.
“We did a little match-up to throw them off a little,” Taylor famous, “and we had some guys in foul trouble, so we have to try to not be too aggressive and only have guys in position. So, we were able to contest and push for rebounds.”
The play largely succeeded, not with out Lowe reaching his fourth foul, and the third quarter completed at 43-44 earlier than Williams helped begin a series of ties buying and selling backwards and forwards. In the method, Dallas referred to as one time-out and Williamsport two.
“I just wanted to make sure that we were all on the same page for offense and defense,” Taylor stated. “Defense was big, because it was either we had a two-point lead or it was tied. It was about being smart with the basketball and making good decisions, knowing who we have to cover.”
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Williamsport’s Kason Ulmer (43) shoots over Dallas’ Chris Flanagan (4) in the second quarter.
With 30 seconds remaining, the 2 groups have been tied at 53 and, with no buzzer-beater, the sport went into time beyond regulation. Fouls have been piling up for each groups, Dallas’ Kael Berry and Maurice Baines fouling out earlier than time beyond regulation ended. With ten seconds remaining, a tie of 61 was a tie of 63 interrupted by a time-out by Williamsport with two seconds to spare.
The tie caught and double time beyond regulation began with Lowe setting the tempo in favor of Williamsport, sustaining sturdy protection paired with the offense needed to interrupt the tie. Dallas’ Nocito tied once more at 65, however this was the final level Dallas would rating. After a dunk from Gaston and a sequence of fouls — together with one technical — from Dallas, a niche in rating skewed additional to Williamsport, permitting them to relaxation simple and end the sport with a 16-point lead.
After the sport, Taylor praised the boys in and out of the locker room.
“I’m proud of the way these guys battle. In the first half, I thought Dallas was outcompeting us. I mean, they were a step faster than us, more aggressive to the ball, much more physical than what we were,” Taylor stated. “I thought the guys responded well in the second half, so I’m proud of them.”
Williamsport 81, Dallas 65
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Williamsport’s Ethan Chilson (30) drives round Dallas’ Tyce Mason (2) in the second quarter.
DALLAS (65)
J. Nocito 3 1 4-2 11, T. Mason 1 4 14, Ok. Berry 6 1 12-7 22, C. Flanagan 2 2-1 5, B. McCann 0 0-0 0, P. Flanagan 5 5-3 13. Totals 23 13-23 65. WILLIAMSPORT (81)
Naazir Lowe 1 8-12 10, Saleem Overton 0 0-2 0, Quincy Williams 4 5-6 14, Maurice Baines 0 0-0 0, Tevin Williams 6 2-8 14, Mekhi Gaston 5 2-4 12, Aden Edwards 0 0-0 0, Ethan Chilson 6 2-2 19, Jensen Spencer 0 0-0 0, Kason Ulmer 5 2-4 12. Totals 27 21-38 81.
Dallas 16 16 12 9 10 2 — 65
Williamsport 9 14 20 10 10 18 — 81
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Williamsport’s Mekhi Gaston (22) and Dallas’ Pat Flanagan (10) wrestle for a cross in the second quarter.
3-point targets: Dallas 6 (Mason 4, Berry 4, Nocito 1), Williamsport 6 (Chilson 5, Williams 1).
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Williamsport’s Mekhi Gaston shoots over Dallas’ protection in the primary quarter.
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Williamsport’s Tevin Williams (11) drives down the ground in the second quarter.
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Williamsport’s Tevin Williams (11) tries to shoot over Dallas’ Pat Flanagan (10) and Chris Flanagan (4) in the primary quarter.
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Williamsport’s Tevin Williams (11) drives round Dallas’ Chris Flanagan (4) in the primary quarter.